The National Center for Education Research FY 2024 Awards

The National Center for Education Research (NCER) made awards across multiple FY 2024 competitions. Listed below are the awards to date from the Education Research Grant Program, Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Recovery Policymaking, Transformative Research in the Education Sciences, and Unsolicited and Other Awards competitions.

EDUCATION RESEARCH (84.305A)

In FY 2024, NCER made 42 awards under the Education Research grant program (ALN 84.305A) to applications considered under the September 2023 deadline. The total spending for all awards under ALN 84.305A is approximately $103 million. Click on the title of each project to get more information about each award.

Career and Technical Education

• Assessing the Quality and Reach of Student Pathways to Economic Security: Building Evidence to Enhance the Impact of NYC Pathways Initiatives
  New York University, James Kemple
• High School CTE Credentials and Postsecondary Outcomes in Pennsylvania: Implementation, Impact, and Cost
  Research Triangle Institute, Benjamin Dalton

Civics Education and Social Studies

• Impact: Efficacy Evaluation of "Talking About Local Current and Contested Issues in Schools" (TALCCS)
  University of Southern California, Anna Saavedra

Cognition and Student Learning

• Effects of Mixed-Reality, Real-Time Analytics Teacher Tools on Teachers and Student Learning
  Carnegie Mellon University, Vincent Aleven
• Student Reasoning Patterns in Science (SPIN-Science)
  Educational Testing Service (ETS), Lei Liu
• Harnessing AI to Train Mindsets for Mathematical Higher Order Thinking
  University of California, Irvine; Lindsey Richland

Early Learning Programs and Policies

• An Initial Efficacy Trial of the Early Learning Matters (ELM) Curriculum
  University of Oregon, Sara Schmitt
• Evaluating the Impact of the STREAMin3 Curriculum to Improve the Quality of Children's Early Learning Experiences and Their School Readiness Skills
  University of Virginia, Amanda Williford

Improving Education Systems

• The Impact of Balanced Leadership for Student Learning: A Professional Learning and Coaching Program for School Leaders
  Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), Tedra Clark
• A Generalized Analysis of the Direct and Spillover Effects of Test-Based Retention Policies
  National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Laura Giuliano
• Exploring Student Pathways Through Rural High Schools and Into Postsecondary Education
  RAND Corporation, Christine Mulhern
• Developing a Coordinated System to Identify and Support Students Experiencing Homelessness
  Nemours Foundation, Joseph J. Cutuli
• Expanding Dual-Credit Enrollments Among High School Students
  University of Connecticut, Eric Loken
• School Diversity and Long-Term Student Outcomes
  University of Oklahoma, Deven Carlson
• Navigating New Currents: Strengthening Family-School-Community Partnerships to Improve Outcomes for Pacific Island Students
  University of Oregon, John Lind

Literacy

• Replicating First Grade Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies in Kindergartens to Strengthen Reading Performance in an Era of Challenging Standards
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Lauren Artzi
• Boost Reading Efficacy: Evaluating the Impact of a Widely Used, Supplemental, Digital Reading Program on Elementary School Literacy
  Stanford University, Rebecca Silverman
• Investigating the Impact of the LETRS Program on Teacher Knowledge, Instructional Practice, and Student Literacy Outcomes
  University of California, Irvine; Young-Suk Kim
• Project LINK: Learning to Generate Inferences and Building Knowledge Using an Online Platform
  University of Virginia, Colby Hall
• A Meta-Analysis of Summer Reading Benefits and Losses in Grades K–5
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Deborah Reed

Policies, Practices, and Programs to Support English Learners

• Development and Innovations of the TRANSLATE (Teaching Reading and New Strategic Language Approaches to Emergent Bilinguals) Curriculum
  Vanderbilt University, Emily Phillips Galloway

Postsecondary and Adult Education

• Examining Heterogeneity in Nudging Intervention Effects on Postsecondary Student Outcomes
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Elisabeth Davis
• Understanding Adaptive Problem-Solving Skills in a Digital Context for Low-Skilled Adults in the United States
  Georgia State University, Elizabeth Tighe
• Ten-Year Follow-up of Two RCTs of CUNY's ASAP Model — Educational and Labor Market Outcomes
  MDRC, Michael Weiss
• Project REACT: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve College Re-Enrollment and Completion for Stopped-Out Students
  MDRC, Colleen Sommo
• Meta-analysis of College Writing Interventions on Writing and Learning Outcomes
  University of California, Irvine; Michael Hebert
• The Effects of Completing College-Level Courses in High School on Postsecondary Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  University of Florida, Justin Ortagus
• The Impact and Implementation of Nevada's Corequisite Mandate
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Federick Ngo

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education

• Supporting Teacher Enactment of the Probability and Statistics Standards–Replication
  Florida State University, Robert Schoen
• A Component Network Meta-Analysis of Interventions for Students Struggling with Mathematics in Grades K–6
  Instructional Research Group, Madhavi Jayanthi
• Hybrid2: Creating Equitable Spaces for Science Discourse in Blended Learning Environments
  Virginia Commonwealth University, Christine Bae

Social and Behavioral Context for Teaching and Learning

• Building EPIC-Health: An Empowerment Program for LGBTQ+ Students in School GSAs
  Boston College, Paul Poteat
• Updating School-Based Measurement of Organization, Time Management, and Planning Skills for the Modern Secondary Classroom
  Seattle Children's Hospital, Margaret Sibley
• Supporting Teachers in Engaging Parents in Middle School (Mid-STEP): The Development of a Training Curriculum and Coaching Model
  University of Missouri, Columbia; Tyler Smith
• Evaluation of a Virtual Classroom Management Training Program for Rural Middle School Teachers
  University of Missouri, Columbia; Keith Herman
• TIPS (Team-Initiated Problem Solving) Evaluation: An Effectiveness Replication of a Widely Used Problem-Solving Process for Data Teams Implementing Schoolwide Behavior Supports
  University of Oregon, Erin Chaparro
• Testing the Efficacy of Double Check Online Coaching: A Culturally Responsive Student Engagement Model
  University of Virginia, Catherine Bradshaw
• Testing the Efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) Implementation Strategy
  University of Washington, Jill Locke
• A Living Systematic Review of Universal School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Programs in the United States
  Yale University, Christina Cipriano

Teaching, Teachers, and the Education Workforce

• Understanding Lasting Teacher Impacts
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Benjamin Backes
• Additive and Multiplicative Learning Progressions: Impacts on Eliciting, Interpreting, and Responding to Student Thinking in the First Years of Teaching
  University of Michigan, Flint; Elizabeth Cunningham
• Diagnostic Instrument for Teachers' Content and Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Numbers and Operations
  University of Southern California, Yasemin Copur-Gencturk

USING LONGITUDINAL DATA TO SUPPORT STATE EDUCATION POLICYMAKING (84.305S)

NCER made five new awards under the Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking grants Program (ALN 84.305S) to applications considered under the August 2023 deadline. The total spending for all awards is $4.8 million. Click on the title of each project below to get more information about each award.

• Leveraging Washington State's Longitudinal Data System to Understand School-to-Work Pathways
  MDRC, Rebecca Unterman
• Improving Educational Stability and Opportunities for California's Foster Youth Students
  Public Policy Institute of California, Niu Gao
• ES SLDS: Using Maryland SLDS to Strengthen and Diversify the Teacher Workforce through High School to Career Pathways
  University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jane Lincove
• Studying Heterogeneity in the Impact of Merit Aid Receipt and Loss on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes
  University of Michigan, Brian McCall
• Resources, Educational Environments, Services, and Outcomes for Understanding Requirements for English Learners (RESOURCEs) in Ohio
  WestEd, Lorna Porter

NCER made three new awards under the Transformative Research in the Education Sciences grant program (84.305T) to applications considered under the August 2023 deadline. The total spending for all awards under 84.305T is approximately $11 million. Click on the title of each project to get more information about each award.

• Active Learning at Scale: Transforming Teaching and Learning via Large-Scale Learning Science and Generative AI
  Arizona State University, Danielle McNamara
• Scenario-Based Assessment in the age of generative AI: Making space in the education market for alternative assessment paradigm
  University of Memphis, John Sabatini
• Talking Math: Improving Math Performance and Engagement Through AI-Enabled Conversational Tutoring
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Neil Heffernan

NCER made one new unsolicited award. The total spending for the award is $298,482.

• What Works to Reduce Student Absenteeism? A Systematic Review of the Literature
  University of Pennsylvania, Michael Gottfried